Somewhere on the cavernous loft floor, cooing softly from inside a stack of crates, a feathered fortune waits for its moment to shine. It’s “basketing day” for Asia’s richest pigeon race, held in ...

Living in a high-rise or apartment often means sharing your outdoor space with unwanted guests - particularly pigeons. These birds may seem harmless, but they can turn a clean balcony into a messy, ...

LIMBURG, Belgium — The Chinese businessmen arrived in the Belgian countryside driving luxury sports cars, ferrying translators and bags of cash. When they parked in front of Tom Van Gaver’s small ...

Low regulation and high stakes mean Taiwanese pigeon racing is awash with cheating – but efforts are afoot to clean up the sport There’s almost nothing some handlers won’t do to win. Competitors have ...

The city of Chandler is spending $350,000 to address a growing pigeon problem on about a dozen city properties. The contract, awarded to "The Pigeon Guy," will involve installing steel cables and ...

The fate of an unauthorised pigeon loft built without permission near terraced houses in a town’s conservation area is set to be decided next week. It could be decided by a higher committee of Pendle ...

Anatolii Vusatyi, a Ukrainian refugee preparing for his new life in Minnesota, needed to know: Did his family’s house have space in the backyard for a small pigeon loft? He had already been separated ...

Sylvain of the French army's 8th Signal Regiment holds a pigeon at the last active military dovecote in Europe These days, French military pigeon number 193-529 is no longer needed to carry tiny ...

The French army ceased to rely on messenger pigeons back in 1961, following the Algerian war of independence. But carrier pigeons still take part in military ceremonies and races, honouring the memory ...

The first supervised pigeon house in Salzgitter went into operation in Fredenberg at the beginning of April. It is looked after by the pigeon angels of the Stark für Tiere e.V. association. During an ...

Suspected criminal gangs are leaving pigeon racers bereft after a spate of thefts in aviaries across the country When champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver walked into one of his lofts one morning last ...

In a pigeon coop in a suburban Queensland backyard, you'll find birds, feed, bedding — and two girls. For cousins Hayley Kruger, 12, and Elyn Andreasen, nine, this is their slice of paradise. Hayley ...